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Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

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Liv Amann Ms.Balmer English 10-Pd 5 1 Febuary 2023 Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a dystopian society. Montag lives in a society that trys to eliminate all things of complexity, and confusion to make sure all of the people are happy. Montag is a fireman and takes great pride in his work. He has recently been feeling empty with his unfulling wife, Mildred. She discourages Montag’s rebellious thoughts and actions. Mildred always follow the rules of society, She is unable to have deep meaningful conversations with Montag, which frustrates him, and Mildred is very connected to technology and Montag feels like that is putting up a wall between them. Mildred negatively affected Montag is after montag asks Mildred the question of, “Where did we meet ten years ago?” Mildred was not able to remember where they met and neither did Montag. Then they have an altercation; afterwards Mildred gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom to take some sleeping pills, and Montag tries to count the number of times he hears her swallow and wonders if she will forget later and take more. He feels terribly empty and concludes that the TV walls stand between him and his wife. Montag believes’ this because Mildred is more connected to the TV and can not even remember if she took …show more content…

She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away. She looked up suddenly, saw him and nodded. “You all right?” he asked. She was an expert at lip reading from ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear-thimbles. She nodded again.” This shows that when Mildred wears the ear-thimbles that she isn’t actually listening to Montag and is more accustomed to just reading his lips. This is showing that she will not be able tp have depth in her conversations with him, and doesn’t listen to him, which is putting a negative impact on his

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